WASHINGTON — USDA has designated 21 Kentucky counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. Fourteen counties received the designation due to excessive rain, while the other seven were named due to drought.
This Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) to extend much-needed emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans. Emergency loans can be used to meet various recovery needs including the replacement of essential items such as equipment or livestock, reorganization of a farming operation or the refinance of certain debts. FSA will review the loans based on the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.
Declaration one:
Triggering Disaster: Excessive rain, landslides, flooding, and flash flooding that occurred from July 26 through July 29, 2022
Application Deadline: June 26, 2023
Primary Counties Eligible: Breathitt, Lee, Martin, Perry, Floyd, Leslie, Morgan, Pike, Johnson, Letcher, Owsley, Wolfe, Knott and Magoffin
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kentucky: Bell, Estill, Lawrence, Powell, Clay, Harlan, Menifee, Rowan, Elliott and Jackson
Virginia: Buchanan, Dickenson and Wise
West Virginia: Mingo and Wayne
Declaration two:Â
Triggering Disaster: Drought
Application Deadline: July 1, 2023
Primary Counties Eligible: Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken and Marshall
Contiguous Counties Also Eligible:
Kentucky: Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Lyon and Trigg
Illinois: Alexander, Hardin, Massac, Pope and Pulaski
Missouri: Mississippi and New Madrid
Tennessee: Lake, Obion and Weakley
More Resources
On farmers.gov, the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, Disaster Assistance-at-a-Glance fact sheet, and Farm Loan Discovery Tool can help you determine program or loan options. To file a Notice of Loss or to ask questions about available programs, contact your local  USDA Service Center.
— USDA Farm Service Agency
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